A man who police said invaded several homes while trying to elude officers on Friday in Citrus Heights has been arrested and jailed.

Police said Daniel Travis Tinney, 23, of Fair Oaks, was taken into custody without incident Friday night, and he was booked into the Sacramento County Jail on charges of burglary, home invasion robbery, stolen vehicle, attempted stolen vehicle, possession of stolen property, resisting arrest and possessing controlled substances.

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Citrus Heights Police officers responded to a report of a residential burglary that was interrupted at about 8:26 p.m. in the 8400 block of Pearl Way.

The initial report said that the homeowner found the suspect inside her home, and he fled in a stolen vehicle, police said.

Witnesses told police the suspect crashed the stolen vehicle into a telephone pole at the intersection of Twin Oaks and Mariposa avenues. The man then ran into a nearby residential area.

Officers Sacramento County Sheriff's Department, Roseville Police, Placer County Sheriff's Department and the California Highway Patrol formed a perimeter to catch the suspect.

A short time later, a resident in the 7600 block of Robert Lane told police that the suspect had forced his way into his home and threatened to shoot the people inside, investigators said.

The resident said the suspect stole his vehicle keys.

He fled the house, but he said his elderly parents were still inside with the suspect.

Officers in a helicopter spotted the suspect leaving the rear of the home and going toward Twin Oaks Avenue. No one was injured in the home.

Police in the helicopter saw the suspect going north and then entering an enclosed patio of a home in the 7600 block of Twin Oaks Avenue. The two people who were in the home hid inside a locked bathroom, investigators said.

Police called over a loud speaker for the suspect to surrender. Officers on the ground saw the man leave through the patio and took him into custody. The occupants of the house were not hurt.